St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-24
Assessment for Opening a Street
for Upper Town Bridge.

OFFICE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS,
CITY OF ST. PAUL, Mimi, May %, 1887.
The Board of Public Works in and
for the corporation of the City of st,
Paul, Minnesota, will meet at their Office
III said city at 2 p. H., OH the 9th day
OF June, A. ID. 1887, to make an assess
ment OF benefits, damages, costs and eX-
penSes arising from opening a street
from Cliff street, at its intersection with
Forbes street now Smith avenue) to
Cherokee avenue lat its intersection with
Mohawk avenue {now Smith avenue;
iii said city, on the property on the line
OF Fort street, from Fifth street to
Third street; on Seventh street, from
Fifth street to Third street: thence on
Seventh street to Forbes street
now Smith avenue); thence on
Forbes street (now Smith aYenue)
to Cliff street, and on Forbes street
now Smith ayenue), from Ram
sey street to Seventh street; on Smith
street (now Forbes ayenue), from Doug
las street to Wilkin street; on McBoal
street, from Douglas street to Wilkin
street; on Goodrich avenue, y. from
Seventh street east to the right of way
of the Chicago, Milwaukee q St. Paul
Railway company; on Banfil street,
from Seventh street to the right of way
of the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
Railway company; on GCodhue street
from Seventh street to Cliff street; on
Leech street, from Ramsey street to
Goodrich avenue; on" Wilkin street,
from Ramsey street to the right of way
of the Chicago, Milwaukee Il st. Paul
Railway company; on blocks to Z, in
elusive, Oppenheim's addition; on
block 4, Kinney, Bond & Traders Addi-
of Of Toll o1I
on all that land lying within and 'front.'
ing upon the following described land,
tO-Wit: Commencing at the intersection
OF Congress and Charlton streets: thence
south on Charlton street to Annapolis
street; thence west on Annapolis
street to Winnebago street; thence
north on WinnebagO street produced
northerly to north line of block IS, Ban=
ming d Olivier's addition; thence. east
on nOrtherly line of said block So to
Chippewa avenue: thence north to
northwest corner of block SO, Banning
d Oliyier's addition; thence northeast
erly along the edge andtop of the bluff
to the West line of DawSOn's addition;
thence along Cherokee avenue to Ohio
street; thence along Congress street to
place of beginning: all in the city of st.
Paul, Minnesota, and deemed benefited
or damaged thereby. 49,
The land necessary to,be condemned
and taken for said opening is described
as follows: Condcmning the land lying
between Smith avenue formerly Forbes
street, (at the junction of the north line
of the right of way of the Chicago, Mil
waukee IL st. Paul Railway company
and point in a direct line opposite
thereto on the top of the bluff on the
west side OF the Mississippi river at the
northerly side of Cherokee avenue, di-
rectly opposite where the north end of
Mohawk avenue now Smith avenue) if
extended, would interSect the said Chero-
kee avenue, for the purpose of con-
structing the bridge over the Mississippi
river located by the special commission
erS, in said city, condemning and taking
all that land between the south line of
Cliff street and the north line OF Open
heim's addition to the City of st. Paul,
lying within the lines of seyenty-SiX
90 foot street, the center line of which
street shall be the center line of the
proposed bridge from Forbes street
NOW Smith avenue) to Mohawk avenue
(nOw Smith avenue) as located by the
special commissioners, between said
streets; also all the land between the
north line of Oppenheim's addition and
the northerly line of the street lying
next to the Mississippi river and known
as the levee, lying within the lines of
street seventy-siX (76) feet wide at.the
north end and eigilty-eigltfSS) feet wide
at the south end. the center line OF said
street being the centc:' of the bridge
aforesaid: also the land lying within
the lines of street ninety C5O) feet wide,
between the south line of the levec, in
the Sixth ward, and the north line of
Cherokee avenue, the center lineof said
street being the center line Of the bridge,
i'll the City of st. Paul. Minnesota
All persons interested ere hereby no
tilted to be present at said time and
place of making said assessment and
will be heard.
All assessment notices heretofore
given have been anpullei.
L. l.. GGEMAN, President. -
Official: w. L. ERWIN,
Ia Clerk Board of Public Works.